Virtual immersionists and augmentationists

IEET’s Giulio Prisco spoke to TFAY’s Stephen Euin Cobb about the prejudice and intolerance between immersionists and augmentationists. A virtual reality expert and consultant for companies wishing to use and benefit from many different VR platforms, Giulio describes what’s available now, and what will be available in the decades to come. From the current photorealistic graphics, to the total immersion through full sensory feedback directly wired into the human nervous system.  He describes various VR platforms including Second Life and its competitors, as well as the possibility that all the platforms will become linked together into a unified whole, just as the internet was once many separate little nets that could not share content.  [Running time: 79 minutes]  (MP3)

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